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diff --git a/doc/tor.1.txt b/doc/tor.1.txt index 620f938741..e44966506b 100644 --- a/doc/tor.1.txt +++ b/doc/tor.1.txt @@ -779,9 +779,9 @@ is non-zero): **BridgeRelay** **0**|**1**:: Sets the relay to act as a "bridge" with respect to relaying connections - from bridge users to the Tor network. Mainly it influences how the relay - will cache and serve directory information. Usually used in combination - with PublishServerDescriptor. + from bridge users to the Tor network. It mainly causes Tor to publish a + server descriptor to the bridge database, rather than publishing a relay + descriptor to the public directory authorities. **ContactInfo** __email_address__:: Administrative contact information for server. This line might get picked @@ -867,15 +867,15 @@ is non-zero): multiple times to bind to multiple addresses/ports. **PublishServerDescriptor** **0**|**1**|**v1**|**v2**|**v3**|**bridge**|**hidserv**,**...**:: - This option is only considered if you have an ORPort defined. You can + This option specifies which descriptors Tor will publish. You can choose multiple arguments, separated by commas. + - If set to 0, Tor will act as a server but it will not publish its - descriptor to the directory authorities. (This is useful if you're testing + If set to 0, Tor will not publish its + descriptors to any directories. (This is useful if you're testing out your server, or if you're using a Tor controller that handles directory - publishing for you.) Otherwise, Tor will publish its descriptor to all - directory authorities of the type(s) specified. The value "1" is the - default, which means "publish to the appropriate authorities". + publishing for you.) Otherwise, Tor will publish its descriptors of all + type(s) specified. The default is "1", + which means "publish the appropriate descriptors to the authorities". **ShutdownWaitLength** __NUM__:: When we get a SIGINT and we're a server, we begin shutting down: |